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Fungalpedia – Note 116 Anastomitrabeculia   Anastomitrabeculia Bhunjun, Phukhams. & K.D. Hyde Citation when using this entry: Norphanphoun et al., in prep – Fungalpedia, genera and higher taxa described in 2021. Mycosphere. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1. Bhunjun et al. (2021) introduced Anastomitrabeculia as a monotypic genus within Anastomitrabeculiaceae, Pleosporales with the type species Anastomitrabeculia didymospora. Anastomitrabeculia fits the morphology of Pleosporales by having perithecioid ascomata, pseudoparaphyses, bitunicate asci and hyaline, septate ascospores (Hongsanan et al. 2020). The taxon was introduced as a saprobe based on morphology, phylogenetic analyses and divergence time estimates using a combined LSU, SSU and tef-1α dataset. Anastomitrabeculiaceae is closely related to Halojulellaceae, however, Halojulellaceae is morphologically different due to the presence of cellular pseudoparaphyses and golden brown ascospores (Ariyawansa et al. 2013). Anastomitrabeculia is known only from its sexual morph and it is characterised by having carbonaceous ascomata, [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 8 Anisofilariata   Anisofilariata Y.S. Tokarev, V.N. Voronin, E.V. Seliverstova, V.V. Dolgikh, O.A. Pavlova, A.N. Ignatieva & I.V. Issi   Citation if using this entry: Fahalli et al. (2023) New genera in 2010-2011. Mycosphere (in press) Index Fungorum Identifier 92219, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1. The monotypic genus Anisofilariata was introduced by Tokarev et al (2010) with an uncertain position in Microsporidia, Protozoa with Anisofilariata chironomi as the type species. The strain was isolated from larvae of Chironomus plumosus as a parasite, in north-western Russia (Tokarev et al. 2010). The genus name refers to the anisofilar polar filament, one of the distinguishing features of the genus. This microsporidium has broad, oval, uninucleate spores in sporophorous vesicles, and is distinct from other known microsporidian species by sporogony and spore ultrastructure that suggests the establishment of a new [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 67 Anthonectria   Anthonectria Döbbeler Citation if using this entry: Fallahi et al. (2023) New genera in 2010-2011. Mycosphere (in prep). Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1. The hyperepiphyllous genus Anthonectria with the sole species Anthonectria mammispora was established by Döbbeler (2010) in Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales. Anthonectria is a unispecific genus that was sex- and organ-specific and seemed to be limited to particular hosts. This perithecial ascomycete inevitably infects the growing sporophytes of epiphyllous hepatics like Marchantiophyta, Porellales, Lejeuneaceae, and Radulales. Anthonectria was described based on morphological characters, and molecular information was not available for this genus. Anthonectria mammispora is distinguished from other nectrioid fungi by a set of unique features. It has pale, perianth-perforating perithecia without any stromatic structures. There are irregular, thick-walled hyphae of the excipulum. The fungus has unitunicate [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 242, Aphanoascus   Aphanoascus Zukal, Ber. dt. bot. Ges. Citation when using this entry: Thakshila et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Onygenales, Eurotiales, and Verrucariales. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Onygenaceae, Onygenales, Eurotiomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Fungi Zukal (1890) introduced Aphanoascus, which is characterized by Aphanoascus cinnabarinus as the type species.   The strain was isolated from an alligator dung in Vienna, Austria. Based on morphological similarities, Apinis (1968) reported that Anixiopsis stercoraria and A. cinnabarinus were the same species. Udagawa & Takada (1973) isolated the neotype of A. cinnabarinus from the soil in Japan. Cano & Guarro (1990) reported that Anixiopsis cinnabarinus is distinct from A. stercoraria, by its reticulated and ridged ascospores. Anixiopsis cinnabarinus is characterized by superficial, subspherical to ovate cleistothecium ascomata, and the cleistothecium consists of pseudo-parenchymatous to scleroid membranous peridium. Asci are 8 [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 78 Aphelidiales   Aphelidiales Tedersoo, Sánchez-Ramírez, Kõljalg, Bahram, Döring, Schigel, T. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov Citation when using this entry: Wijayawardene et al., in prep – Fungalpedia, taxa of the basal fungi and fungus-like organisms. Mycosphere. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank Aphelidiales (Aphelidiomycetes, Aphelidiomycota) was introduced within Holomycota in the Kingdom Fungi based on phylogenies and divergence time estimates (Tedersoo et al. 2018). Aphelidiales belongs to subkingdom Aphelidiomyceta, phylum Aphelidiomycota (= Aphelida), subphylum Aphelidiomycotina, in class Aphelidiomycetes (= Aphelidea) (Gromov et al. 2000, Tedersoo et al. 2018). The order contains one family Aphelidiaceae (= Aphelididae), comprising four genera (Aphelidium, Paraphelidium, Amoeboaphelidium, Pseudaphelidium) Thirteen Aphelidium species are listed in Index Fungorum (2023). The morphology diagnosis of Aphelidiales was mentioned in Tedersoo et al. (2018), Gromov (2000) and Karpov et al. (2014). Type genus: Aphelidium Zopf   References Gromov BV. 2000 – Algal parasites of [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 155, Appendicisporonites (Fossil Fungi)   Appendicisporonites R.K. Saxena & S. Khare  Citation when using this data: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Microthyriales, Ascomycota, Fossil Fungi. The monotypic fossil genus Appendicisporonites was described from the Neyveli Formation (Eocene, 56–40 mya) of Jayamkondacholapurum Well-12, Tiruchirapalli District, Tamil Nadu, India (Saxena & Khare 1992). Appendicisporonites is characterized by subcircular, inaperturate, and multicellular fungal spores. Each cell possesses a long process, processes septate or nonseptate, with pointed or blunt tips, and wall psilate. According to Kalgutkar & Jansonius (2000), the illustrated specimen appears to be related to the setose pycnidia found in some Coelomycetes. Only one species listed in Index Fungorum (2023) under this genus. Type species: Appendicisporonites typicus R.K. Saxena & S. Khare     Figure 1 – Appendicisporonites typicus. Scale bar = [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 9 Aquaperonospora   Aquaperonospora W.H. Ko   Citation if using this entry: Fahalli et al. (2023) New genera in 2010-2011. Mycosphere (in press) Index Fungorum Identifier 39014, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1 Aquaperonospora was introduced as a monotypic genus within Peronophythoraceae, Peronosporales (Ko et al. 2010). The type species Aquaperonospora taiwanensis was found in an irrigation ditch with leaf discs in Taiwan (Ko et al. 2010). The validity of the establishment of Aquaperonospora as a new genus was supported by the low sequence similarities in the ITS and 28S rDNA sequences between Aquaperonospora taiwanensis and representative species of other genera in the Peronosporales. Aquaperonospora taiwanensis is a fast-growing organism that exhibits Peronosporaceae and Pythiaceae characteristics. The species is homothallic and produced abundant oospores. It produces rigid and erect sporangiophores with dichotomous branches, and lemon-shaped sporangia formed synchronously on the terminal branchlets [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 360, Aquastella   Aquastella Glockling & D.P. Molloy Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, parasites. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1           Classification: Incertae sedis, Saprolegniales, Saprolegniidae, Peronosporea, Incertae sedis, Oomycota, Chromista. The oomycete genus Aquastella was established to accommodate two species; Aquastella attenuata and Aquastella acicularis (Molloy et al. 2014). Aquastella is known as a parasite of three rotifers found in Brooktrout Lake, New York State, USA., and was the first report of oomycete infection in these species. Aquastella attenuata exhibited specificity in Keratella taurocephala and Aquastella acicularis parasitic on Polyarthra vulgaris, and Ploesoma truncatum (Molloy et al. 2014). Sequencing of 18S rRNA and subsequent phylogenetic analysis positioned Aquastella species within the order Saprolegniales by forming a clade closely linked to Aphanomyces (Molloy et al. 2014, 2017). The Aquastella species exhibited distinct morphological features compared to other rotifer parsasites: the developing sporangia penetrated the host body after death, [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 65 Aquasubmersa   Aquasubmersa K.D. Hyde & Huang Zhang Citation when using this data: Huanraluek et al. Fungalpedia, coelomycetes. Mycosphere (in prep). Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Coelomycetes.org Fig 1.   Aquasubmersa was initially described as a coelomycetous genus (Aquasubmersaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes), based on phylogenetic of nuclear rDNA small subunit (18S; SSU), internal transcribed spacer (ITS), large subunit (28S; LSU) regions translation elongation factor 1-  (tef1) and RNA polymerase II second largest subunit (rpb2) gene (Zhang et al. 2012, Hashimoto et al. 2017, Li et al. 2020). This genus (with A. mircensis) was first found on submerged wood in freshwater habit, in Thailand (Zhang et al. 2012). The asexual morph of this genus has subglobose, semi-immersed to superficial pycnidia. Conidiogenous cells are determinate, formed from the inner cells of the pycnidial wall and conidia are ellipsoidal, hyaline, [...]

Fungalpedia-Note 141 Aquihelicascus Aquihelicascus W. Dong, H. Zhang & Doilom Citation when using this entry: Shah et al. (in prep) – Fungalpedia, new genera in 2020. Mycosphere Classification: Morosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota             Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, freshwaterfungi.org, MycoBank, GenBank Fig 1.             Aquihelicascus was introduced by Hyde et al. (1998) to accommodate a new combination A. thalassioideus and two new species A. songkhlaensis and A. yunnanensis. The genus is saprobic on dead wood submerged in freshwater. The sexual morph is determined by submerged, grouped pseudostromata, visible on the host surface as ostiolar spots that might be uniloculate or multiloculate and have a flattened base. Ostioles are centered and globular and periphysate. Locules are compacted, subglobular to lenticular, or occasionally triangular, bear ostiolate papilla, and are submerged. Pseudoparaphyses are septate, hyaline, cellular, [...]